Stolen items found in car

MURFREESBORO — Murfreesboro police stopped what appeared to be a one-man crime spree early Monday morning, according to the report provided to The Daily News Journal.

Officer Phillip Simpson reported seeing a ”suspiciously parked vehicle” in the parking lot of Ashwood Cove on Hazelwood Street around 2:20 a.m. Monday. As he approached the vehicle, the suspect, who had been crouched over the driver’s seat, saw him and fled.

Simpson chased the suspect on foot and apprehended him about a quarter-mile away on Wenlon Drive. While other officers secured the suspect, Marquice Sanquan Holloway, 19, of Benley Street, Simpson searched the car. He noticed that the license plate had been bent and parts of the license plate frame were on the ground .

The car was in the KK lot and when the owner was notified, police were told he actually lived in the A building, Simpson reported. The owner also verified that the damage to the tags was new.

Searching the vehicle, officers found iPhones, a gold necklace, Adidas cologne and a wallet with an ID of someone other than the car's owner, as well as cash.

Holloway was taken to the police department for interrogation on the car theft, as well as other incidents earlier in the evening.

“Mr. Holloway matched the description of those suspects,” Simpson said.

While in the interrogation room, Holloway was seen to be ingesting something, Simpson said, and the suspect admitted he had swallowed marijuana. He was taken to Saint Thomas Rutherford Medical Center for clearance and then to the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office for booking, where he was charged with motor vehicle theft, theft under $500, possession of schedule VI, evading arrest and destruction of evidence. His bond was set at $24,000.

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